Getting Rid Of The Coin Toss?

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Kram81 said:
Have heard this mentioned a bit in recent times, thoughts? I'm not sure.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/947805.html

Maybe the other thing they could just let the visiting team have first choice in the 1st Test, then the home team in the 2nd, then visitors again.
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The problem is that we're not really exposed to the issue of pitch extremes as club or school cricketers. Professionals are more likely to hit this as their groundsmen can manipulate the pitch conditions to order (even though they aren't meant to).

I believe it should be done for test matches, that way every home team would have some encouragement to produce more balanced wickets.

The actual issue is that match referees are not enforcing penalties for substandard pitches, the pitches at Nagpur and the WACA were a joke of different extremes.
 
leftie600 said:
The problem is that we're not really exposed to the issue of pitch extremes as club or school cricketers. Professionals are more likely to hit this as their groundsmen can manipulate the pitch conditions to order (even though they aren't meant to).

I believe it should be done for test matches, that way every home team would have some encouragement to produce more balanced wickets.

The actual issue is that match referees are not enforcing penalties for substandard pitches, the pitches at Nagpur and the WACA were a joke of different extremes.
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I have been a critic of the pitches produced around the world for a long time now. There are far to many countries producing pitches just for the home team. I always thought the variety in Australia was a good thing but of recent we seem to have lost our way with groundsmen not able to produce genuine test pitches and dropins killing the character.
 
It's obviously something CA wants games being massive bat-a-thons. Which is ridiculous when nearly every fan is sick of every Test being like that now.

The series over in NZ coming up should hopefully provide a decent contest between bat and ball.
 
nairbe said:
I have been a critic of the pitches produced around the world for a long time now. There are far to many countries producing pitches just for the home team. I always thought the variety in Australia was a good thing but of recent we seem to have lost our way with groundsmen not able to produce genuine test pitches and dropins killing the character.
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The only drop-in pitch produced the best match though? :p
 
futureblackcap said:
The only drop-in pitch produced the best match though? :p
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don't agree. The Gabba was a poor game as the Kiwi's were under prepared. i recon if they were ready to go it would have ended more along the perth lines. Also is Adelaide not now a drop in as they play AFL there and pitch squares are strictly out or is that the pitch you meant. Think it was the ball and the night feature that made that game. Also the groundsman was criticised for leaving too much grass so that won't happen again.
 
nairbe said:
don't agree. The Gabba was a poor game as the Kiwi's were under prepared. i recon if they were ready to go it would have ended more along the perth lines. Also is Adelaide not now a drop in as they play AFL there and pitch squares are strictly out or is that the pitch you meant. Think it was the ball and the night feature that made that game. Also the groundsman was criticised for leaving too much grass so that won't happen again.
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I was taking the piss. I'm all in favour of specialist grounds and pitches. But having said that, I think the Adelaide pitch would have been a good one, even if they were playing a normal Test match..
 
I think the rule they're using in England is the opposition captain has the first opportunity to bowl if he wants. If he doesn't take that option then it's a toss. I hope it works out well since it comes across as a sensible idea and I hope it's implemented in internationals.
 
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